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Job Description

Set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments. Includes precision instrument makers who fabricate, modify, or repair mechanical instruments. May also fabricate and modify parts to make or repair machine tools or maintain industrial machines, applying knowledge of mechanics, mathematics, metal properties, layout, and machining procedures.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-4041.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 43,220.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 20.00
Currently, there are 391,120 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Machinists”.

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Tasks for “Tool and Die Machinist”

Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.

Related Technology & Tools

Rubber mallets
Flywheel lathes
Ratchet sets
Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
Undercut tools
Heat-treating equipment
Radius gauges
Sharpening equipment
Power sanders
Milling angle form cutters
Crankshaft grinders
Scribers
Hand clamps
Computerized numerical control CNC turning lathes
Knee mills
Shims
Micrometers
Machinists' hammers
Metal shears
Channel lock pliers
Horizontal lathes
Workshop cranes
Metal spray equipment
Single-cut mill saw files
Shears
Square chisels
Valve grinding machines
Ball peen hammers
Chippers
Staging equipment
Turning lathes
Hex wrenches
V blocks
Lathes
Telescoping gauges
Inside micrometers
Forklifts
Buffers
Shielded arc welding tools
Hex keys
Center drills
Wedges
Multi-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
Inside spring calipers
Metal inert gas MIG welders
Magnetic retrievers
Swaging tools
Putty knives
Combination drills
Breaker lathes
Machine shop rigging equipment
Pry bars
Height gauges
Sine bars
Welding lenses
Combination pliers
Prick punches
Needlenose pliers
Vernier gear tooth calipers
Pillar drill machines
Milling vises
Gauges
3-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
Ring gauges
Radial drills
Brazing equipment
Vertical milling machines
Combination wrenches
Torches
Personal computers
Flat files
Threading machines
Grinding wheel arbors
Binocular light compound microscopes
Angled feeler gauges
Surface gauges
Boring tools
Tube benders
Bandsaws
Hermaphrodite calipers
Cylindrical grinders
Full face shields
Sledgehammers
Punches
Reamers
Beverly shears
Screw pitch gauges
Composition hammers
Feeler gauges
Steel wedges
Pipe wrenches
Socket wrench sets
Side cutting pliers
Adjustable wrenches
Outside micrometers
Cold chisels
Dial calipers
Horizontal boring bars
Power drills
Boring bars
Soldering equipment
Ladders
Portable welding equipment
Hand saws
Hydraulic presses
Dial indicators
Power hacksaws
Parallel blocks
Laser printers
Plasma welders
Half-round files
Drum lathes
Pipe threaders
Metal cutting taps
Turret lathes
Phillips head screwdrivers
Grinding dogs
Sensitive drill presses
Surface grinding machines
Deburring tools
Calipers
Edge finders
Horizontal mills
Hacksaws
Planer gauges
Milling machines
Oxyacetylene welding equipment
Chamfer tools
Grinders
Screwdrivers
Centrifugal spin casters
Platforms
Angle plates
Welding shields
Personal digital assistants PDA
Resurfacing machines
Tongs
Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
Handheld welders
Cold saws
Cylinder honers
Vertical turret lathes VTL
Aviation snips
Desktop computers
Spirit levels
Radial drill presses
Anvils
Utility knives
Brake presses
Planers
Arbor presses
Outside spring calipers
Vernier calipers
Marking blocks
Chucks
Brass hammers
Jointers
Vernier height gauges
Broachers
Shapers
Engine lathes
Vernier bevel protractors
Thread gauges
Cutoff saws
Steel rules
Machinists' squares
Sandblasters
Spindle blade screwdrivers

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